Bag-holder.



G. M. GLAGETT. BAG HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10', 1908.

915,740. 7 Patented Mar. 23, 1909.

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GEORGE MAXWELL OLAGETT, OF BOONTON,

NEW JERSEY.

BAG-HOLDER.

No. 915,740. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 10, 1908.

Patented March 23, 1909.

Serial No. 452,438.

1 Supported upon the top portion 2 of the frame, 1 rovide a conical plate 7 having a small ori ice in the apex 8 through which the hook 9 may be inserted to engage the top of the frame. Said plate 7 is preferably made of metal having its upper face highly polished to render it slippery.

For the purpose of securing grain sacks or similar articles upon the rack 5, I provide a locking bar 12, which, as shown, is provided at one end with a transverse arm 15 having notches 16 in the side thereof adapted to engage the end of the hook 10 and thus clamp sacks suspended upon the rack, and to more effectually grip the same the end of the arm 15 is notched at 17 to straddle the yoke and prevent lateral displacement. The opposite end of the bar 12' is provided with an orifice at 14, which when the bar is clamped upon the rack is adapted to register with the ring 6 on the end thereof and be secured thereto by the padlock 18.

In use the frame 1 and conical plate 7 are assembled as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and suspended from above, as from rafters. The yoke or rod 5 may then be secured upon the rings 4, and grain sacks or other articles supported thereon, and clamped and locked thereon by the locking bar 12. It is the habit of rodents to climb to a point above an article of food that is suspended and drop down upon it, and in this manner succeed in destroying much property. In thus attempting to reach articles protected by my invention, rodents will strike the smooth surface of the conical plate'and slip off without reaching the articles suspended beneath same.

The construction and operation of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description and reference to the accompanying drawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts and combinations may be varied from the specific exempliiication thereof shown without departing from the l spirit and scope of the invention.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonsn MAXWELL CLAeET'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boonton, Morris county, New J ersey, have invented a new and useful Tm arovement in Bag-Holders, of which the following I is a specification.

My invention relates to rodentshields, and pertains more particularly to racks adapted to support grain sacks, meats or other articles which are preferably stored or preserved in places where exposed to the circulation of the air, and to a shield to protect same from molestation and destruction by rodents.

The object of my invention is to produce a rack of said character adapted to be suspended within a building from above upon which the articles to be protected may be hung, and to provide a conical shield above same designed to prevent the invasion of rodents from above, and locking means to secure the suspended articles upon the rack.

To these ends my invention includes the combination and arrangement of component parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a pers ective view thereof, and Fig. .2 is a detail vlew showing the parts thereof separated.

My invention includes, generally, a bifurcated frame upon the free ends of which may support grain sacks, meat or other destructible articles, and a conical plate or disk carried above the frame adapted to revent rodents from dropping upon the artic es supported thereon, and a clamping bar adapted to secure the articles supported upon said yoke, and means for locking said clamping bar.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference characters designate similar parts, 1 indicates a bifurcated frame preferably made of stiff wire, which comprises the I top portion 2, which, as shown, is bent down wardly from its center at an angle of approXi- Having thus described my invention, what mately l5 degrees, and the vertical depend- I claim as new and desire to be secured by ing members 3, upon the extremities of which Letters Patent, is

are provided rings 4 adapted to support the 1. The combination with a bifurcated yoke 5. The said yoke 5 comprises a horiframe adapted to be suspended from above zontal rod having a ring 6 at one end thereof having vertical depending members, of a and a hook 10 upon the opposite end adapted transverse yoke carried upon the ends therel of, and a conical plate secured upon the top to secure the rod upon the rings 4 of the frame, and cooperate with the'locking bar of said frame, substantially as described.

12, hereinafter described. 1 2. The combination with a bifurcated frame having a top portion bent doWn- I and a clamping bar adapted to secure and wardly from a medial point and depending lock the bags thereon, substantially as de- Vertical members-providedwith hooks upon scribed.

their extremities, of a transverse yoke sup- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 5 ported upon said hooks, and a conical hood I signed my name to this specification in the carried upon the top portion of said frame, I presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

substantially as described.

3 The combination with & vsuspended GEORGE MAXWELL OLAGE'IT. frame, of a bar carried thereon, adapted to l Witnesses: 10 support aplurality of bags thereon, a conical PERCIVAL M. BROWN,

,plate carried upon the frame above said bar, 1 A. M. ANDERSON. 

